Campbell delivers big hit off the bench

Campbell's two-run single 0:49 7/21/15: Pinch-hitter Eric Campbell gives the Mets a 3-2 lead with a two-run single to the opposite field in the 7th inning WASHINGTON -- For one night at least, it did not matter that Michael Cuddyer still ails, that Michael Conforto is a Binghamton Met and that the big club has baseball's worst offense since the start of May. Because on this night, the Mets scored the big hit that's eluded them.

Eric Campbell's two-run single past a drawn-in infield propelled the Mets to a 7-2 win over the Nationals, on a rare night when Jacob deGrom wasn't -- and didn't have to be -- perfect.

"That's a huge win," deGrom said. "A good team win."

It helped, of course, that…